Tag: cunji

January has been a month of hot weather a bit of rain but most of all the butterflies are around. The hot days have made the birds a bit scarce. Now the Summer flowers are out they’ll return. The rain over the past 5 days has seen a lot more smaller birds in the garden.

Ok lets get going. Another huge lot of photos so maybe your favourite drink you enjoy while looking at blogs may be in order again.

Perhaps some flowers and plants to get going. Isn’t the bark on this Australian Native Fig Tree wonderful

The Red Tower Ginger flowers are looking after the garden

More red flowers are emerging

The Blue Ginger buds are ready to burst

I did find a bit of wood fungi in the forest

I have never seem Macaranga flowers before. I am still not sure if they are flowers or buds

The flower buds are high in the canopy. When they open they are tubular white flowers which drop to the garden floor.

A mixture of weeds. A Camphor Laurel leaf on a Cobblers Peg plant

The Cunji are growing so well on the banks of the spring

The spring is a lovely place to be on a hot day.

I discovered this Australian Native plant when I was mowing the front of my place. It is almost two meters tall, covered in white flowers which ants love.

Some bits and pieces
Holding the cattle yards together

The trawler setting off in the afternoon to fish through the night

The rusty seat on the old tractor

Reptiles I have found
The Geckos live in my house. This is the Gecko who lives in the hallway.

You never know who is sleeping on the verandah rafters.

Such pretty markings

Time for some birds
I didn’t know this bird as it flew about me. I have taken photos of Jacky Winter birds before. This is a young bird

The Lewins Honeyeaters are always on the look out for the grubs in the Poinciana tree

Late afternoon and the Pelicans are ready to sleep

The Gulls are ready to annoy them.

The lovely Eastern Yellow Robin happy to be in the garden.

Found these native snails in the garden having a snooze.

The Cricket was happy to be taken outside

What would Summer be like without Dragonflies

I love their wing patterns

A grub in the Paperbark tree making track and holes all over the tree

There was a migration of moths. We called this one a Fox Moth

The outside wings of the Meadow Argus are quite muted

Inside is a different story

The Wanderers are slowly coming back

Common Crows are everywhere at the moment

A Common Ringlet about to take off

There are so many butterflies with the word Common in front of their name. The Common Eggfly is a name that doesn’t do this butterfly justice.

Remember The Quest to photograph a Blue Triangle Butterfly. Well now I have two Blue Triangles. Aren’t their faces great

The Moon is up and about in the clouds

The Sun is almost setting

So it is time for me to finish off. Hope you have enjoyed my January.